Officials as players

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And if they rolled their eyes at me, they sureashell wouldn't be getting any answers from me later on re: rules interpretations/enforcement either. And if they asked why they weren't gonna get an answer, they'd hear "Why do you want an answer? So that you can roll your eyes again and show everybody in the gym what a doofus I am?"

Great advice, Nevada. Advise players to openly show their disgust at an official's call. Heckuva idea.

Human emotion is heavily involved in contests and if the method used to avoid speaking to officials about judgments that are very different from the norm, then I say go for it. The captain in this case is then doing the proper thing: avoiding a discussion about judgment while still venting his emotion.

If an official can't handle a V player rolling his eyes, maybe he should be officiate tidleywinks.